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In 2008, the country experienced a massive recession. Textbooks across the country were revised to reduce the long term plan outlook from 5 years to 3 years. How many years should a project plan outlook be? Does it make a difference within the field of healthcare? Explain your reasoning.

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It is my belief that a a long-term plan should project out to at least five years. Projections of lengths shorter than that duration would probably amount to ...

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